Daily Life in the 70s-Chapter 287: Emergency (Four Updates)

Yang PeiMin finally felt herself easing out of the shock.

Her stomach still clenched in pain, but her ears finally recovered their hearing, catching Shen Yixiang’s voice amidst the chaos.

Only now she hazily remembered that she was about to give herself away.

"The wind is so cold, can someone help to fetch a quilt from the dorm?"

"Sure, I’ll go. I’m in her dorm, I’ll get it for her."

"Check to see if there’s any bleeding."

"You can’t really see anything even if there is, the pants are too thick."

"Stop it, can’t you see her sister is freaking out?"

"That’s not her sister, I think it’s her cousin."

Suppressing the urge to pass out, Yang PeiMin steadied herself, her vision wavering, as Shen Yixiang’s face—a mix of snot and tears—hovered above her.

"Sister-in-law, you have to hang in there...sob...Mother will definitely kill me..."

Li Yue, too, clung close to the stretcher. "Pei Min, you’re going to be alright, don’t be afraid, we’ll get to the hospital soon..."

Yang PeiMin managed a weak smile for her.

She wanted to say that she didn’t need to go to the hospital; a rest would suffice, just like now, it wasn’t as painful as the initial surge of agony.

"Sister-in-law, how do you feel now? Are you cold? Right, I have clothes." Shen Yixiang took off her coat and draped it over Yang PeiMin.

Yang PeiMin quickly said, "Don’t..." But the moment she spoke, she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, and the cold sweat on her forehead became even more intense.

The doctor accompanying them immediately said, "Don’t talk."

Shen Yixiang was so frightened she didn’t dare to move.

The bus ride from school to the hospital took half an hour, and right now Yang PeiMin lay on nothing more than a cart, the kind used for transporting vegetables in the canteen, pushed by hand.

If it were pushed by hand all the way there, who knows what time they’d arrive? Looking at her in such pain, many people thought that even if she made it to the hospital, the child would be beyond saving.

But riding the bus wasn’t an option because the patient couldn’t lie down, and moreover, the next bus service hadn’t arrived yet. A male student then said, "Let’s take turns pushing her quickly."

His suggestion was met with several nods of agreement, "That’s all we can do."

"No need, be quick, I have a tricycle here, bring her over."

Everyone turned to see Gao Lingfeng pedaling a tricycle, dismounting in haste to help lift her onto the vehicle. "Come on, we have to hurry, get her on, and a couple of you stay with her."

"The quilt has arrived, cover her quickly; the breeze will be colder once we start pedaling."

"Those beside her, make sure to keep her steady, don’t let her shake too much."

"I know, we’ll follow close by, and if the one riding gets tired, we’ll switch."

"Alright, Yang, hang in there, we’ll definitely get you to the hospital."

Yang PeiMin was lifted onto the back of the tricycle, with the stretcher she lay upon tied down to the vehicle. Li Yue and Shen Yixiang stayed by the vehicle to watch over her, while Cheng Aihua wrapped her tightly with the quilt she was holding.

Yang PeiMin had never imagined a time when she would cause such a commotion, being taken to the hospital on a tricycle with a crowd of classmates running behind.

Although the road was not as bumpy as a rural path, it was not entirely smooth and slopeless either. After a few jolts, Yang PeiMin felt sharp pain in her lower abdomen that seemed to grow more intense, as if she were being sliced with a knife. She also felt something trickling down her legs. Fear took over, causing her to break out in a cold sweat and her whole body began to uncontrollably tremble. It can’t be, it just can’t be...

Li Yue was the first to notice her condition and urgently called out, "Ride slower, slower, Pei Min, Pei Min, what’s wrong? It hurts a lot, doesn’t it? We’re almost there, just hold on."

"Wuwu, sister-in-law, why are you sweating so much on your forehead? It must hurt again, definitely. Slow down!"

Gao Lingfeng had been pedaling the tricycle with all his might, leaving several of the boys who were running with all their strength far behind. His only thought was to get his student to the hospital as quickly as possible, for this was a matter of life and death. His eyes were fiercely focused on the road, carefully avoiding any stones or potholes to prevent any jolts. He hadn’t expected that the speed at which he was going would shake the patient so much, causing him to break out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

Looking up, he was thrilled to see that the hospital was in sight.

He called for the nurses to come over, lifted Yang PeiMin down, and pushed her toward the emergency room.

"What’s the patient suffering from?"

"She’s, she’s hit her belly, and there’s a baby inside... Doctor, you must save her... and the baby..."

"Alright, wait outside."

Before coming, Yang PeiMin had planned to tell the doctor that she was not pregnant, simply to check if there was any internal damage and then ask the doctor to help her gloss over the fact that she wasn’t pregnant. But now, she couldn’t even be sure of her condition herself.

Being from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, with grandfathers and uncles who were doctors, she may not have studied medicine, but she knew some pathology. She knew what she was experiencing was not simply a case of internal injury—the pain was abnormal, and the discharge... She dared not think further.

She had confirmed that she was not pregnant based on her menstruation. She knew it had occurred right around the time Shen Yiguang had shared the pregnancy news with her family, causing her immense anxiety. She couldn’t even recall when her period had ended. Now that she thought about it, the flow had been a lot lighter than usual...

Yang PeiMin blinked away the tears that had formed in the corners of her eyes and cast a hopeful look at the doctor before her.

The rest waited outside, not daring to leave.

Especially the two male students who had caused the accident; they were now squatting against the wall with their heads in their hands, each second an agony.

Shen Yixiang was being supported by Li Yue, sitting on a bench in the corridor, repeatedly asking her, "My sister-in-law won’t have any problems, right? And my nephew too, right?"

Li Yue would nod firmly every time she asked, replying, "It’ll be alright."

Shen Yixiang could not help but start sobbing, "It’s all my fault. I was the one who insisted on coming to the university. If only I had held on to her, it would have been better if it had hit me. You don’t know how sick my mother is right now. If she finds out, she won’t be able to handle it, and my brother is still in the military. I haven’t informed him, I’m too scared..."

Soon, another group rushed in—it was also said to be an emergency for a pregnant woman experiencing bleeding.

Neither of the two paid attention as Feng Erxi and Guo Caixia soon noticed them and hastily approached to ask about the situation, "What’s happening now? I heard that Pei Min is pregnant too? And that she hit her belly? That’s really life-threatening..."

Guo Caixia pulled her aside, "Don’t talk nonsense. Pei Min is a good person; she’ll definitely get through this tough time."

Feng Erxi hastily agreed upon seeing the near-collapse state of Shen Yixiang.

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